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FabianFarazFarid

From founding a game studio at thirteen to securing cloud infrastructure for Germany’s power grid — a decade of building things that ship.

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Fabian Faraz Farid

The person

Fabian Faraz Farid

Not just an engineer. An architect of things.

  • Mönchengladbach, Germany
  • Senior Engineer & Cloud Security Officer
  • Born July 9, 2001

Fabian Faraz Farid built and shipped his first commercial game at thirteen. By the time his peers finished school he had founded a studio, led a team of developers and artists, and served as CTO for multiple companies at the same time.

A decade of compounding experience produced something rare: an engineer who genuinely understands product, design, business, and infrastructure simultaneously. Not in theory — in production, under deadline, with real users on the other end.

Years in consulting at adesso SE building Angular and Spring Boot systems for enterprise clients. Then Soptim AG, where he leads frontend architecture and serves as AWS Cloud Security Officer for energy management software that keeps German supply chains running.

Basketball when the head needs clearing, travel when the calendar allows. The best software comes from engineers who know how to disconnect.

Core stack

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Angular
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • AWS
  • Unity
  • Three.js
  • OpenAI
  • Shopify
  • Electron

Craft

Six disciplines. One standard.

Most engineers pick a lane. A decade across product, infrastructure, and creative work built something broader.

  • Frontend Engineering

    Pixel-precise interfaces in React, Next.js, Angular, and Vue. Performance-obsessed, animation-first. The kind of frontend that makes engineers at other companies ask how it was built.

  • AI & Automation

    Custom LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, OpenAI and Gemini APIs, Make.com workflows. Automation that removes human bottlenecks and earns back its infrastructure cost.

  • Systems Architecture

    Whiteboard to production platform. Spring Boot and Node services, scalable data models on MongoDB and MySQL, and API design developers actually enjoy consuming.

  • Cloud Security

    AWS Cloud Security Officer for critical energy infrastructure. Compliance frameworks, threat modelling, and hardening for regulated industries where failure is not an option.

  • Creative Technology

    Unity and Unreal game development, Blender 3D, WebGL with Three.js, motion design in GSAP and After Effects. For when standard interfaces are not enough.

  • Startup CTO

    Technical co-founder at four companies. Translating founder vision into shipped software, building teams, and surviving every stage from MVP to scale.

The arsenal

46 technologies. All of them shipped.

Not a list of things read about once — every tool below has been used to deliver work that went to production.

  • React

    Frontend100%

  • Next.js

    Frontend100%

  • TypeScript

    Frontend100%

  • JavaScript

    Frontend100%

  • HTML

    Frontend100%

  • CSS

    Frontend100%

  • Tailwind CSS

    Frontend100%

  • Three.js

    Frontend100%

  • MongoDB

    Backend & Data100%

  • Firebase

    Backend & Data100%

  • Strapi

    Backend & Data100%

  • Contentful

    Backend & Data100%

  • Git

    Cloud & DevOps100%

  • OpenAI

    AI & Automation100%

  • Gemini

    AI & Automation100%

  • Make

    AI & Automation100%

  • Unity

    Creative & 3D100%

  • Shopify

    Commerce & Growth100%

  • Shopify Liquid

    Commerce & Growth100%

  • Google Ads

    Commerce & Growth100%

  • Google Business

    Commerce & Growth100%

  • Mailchimp

    Commerce & Growth100%

  • Angular

    Frontend75%

  • Electron

    Frontend75%

  • Java

    Backend & Data75%

  • Spring Boot

    Backend & Data75%

  • C#

    Backend & Data75%

  • MySQL

    Backend & Data75%

  • Sanity

    Backend & Data75%

  • Python

    AI & Automation75%

  • Unreal Engine

    Creative & 3D75%

  • Figma

    Creative & 3D75%

  • Photoshop

    Creative & 3D75%

  • Meta

    Commerce & Growth75%

  • TikTok

    Commerce & Growth75%

  • AWS

    Cloud & DevOps50%

  • PyTorch

    AI & Automation50%

  • Premiere Pro

    Creative & 3D50%

  • Vue.js

    Frontend25%

  • Blazor

    Frontend25%

  • PHP

    Backend & Data25%

  • Docker

    Cloud & DevOps25%

  • Azure

    Cloud & DevOps25%

  • Illustrator

    Creative & 3D25%

  • After Effects

    Creative & 3D25%

  • Blender

    Creative & 3D25%

Every chapter

Eleven stations. One trajectory.

From a teenage game studio to enterprise cloud security — the complete, unabridged record.

  1. Ongoing

    The Driving Teacher

    Chief Information Officer

    Oct 2022 — Present

    Transformed a traditional driving school into a fully digital operation — strategy, brand, acquisition, and content.

    • Designed the end-to-end digital strategy from website to paid acquisition
    • Produced scroll-stopping visuals and motion graphics in-house
    • Dominated local search through an optimised Google Business presence
    • Converted ad spend into enrolled students with targeted campaigns
    • Google Ads
    • Google Business
    • Premiere Pro
    • After Effects
    • Illustrator

  2. Ongoing

    Guider

    Software Engineer

    Sep 2022 — Present

    Engineered content delivery infrastructure for a fast-growing knowledge platform, enabling editorial teams to publish at scale.

    • Built headless CMS integrations on Contentful and Strapi
    • Automated email marketing flows reaching tens of thousands monthly
    • Shipped audio versions of written content end to end
    • Wired Make.com pipelines that removed manual editorial work
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Contentful
    • Strapi
    • Mailchimp
    • Make

  3. Most Recent

    Soptim AG

    Senior Software Engineer & Cloud Security Officer

    Sep 2024 — Oct 2026

    Led development of mission-critical energy management software running across Germany’s power grid infrastructure, and served as designated AWS Cloud Security Officer.

    • Architected a high-performance desktop download manager in Electron and React
    • Owned cloud security posture on AWS: compliance, threat modelling, infrastructure hardening
    • Built a secure large-file upload and download pipeline with end-to-end AWS integration
    • Drove adoption of modern React/TypeScript architecture across key product lines
    • Championed AI-assisted development workflows and won internal hackathon recognition
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Electron
    • AWS
    • Tailwind CSS

  4. Enterprise Contract

    Demtek GmbH

    Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2024 — May 2024

    Contracted to deliver high-stakes Vue.js applications for Germany’s industrial elite. Joined mid-sprint and shipped production code with effectively zero ramp-up.

    • Delivered for Mercedes-Benz, Continental AG, and NEW
    • Built applications for 50hertz’s energy management systems
    • Engineered process automation for Ingenium’s business workflows
    • Specialised in complex, data-dense UIs for enterprise operators
    • Vue.js
    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
    • HTML
    • CSS

  5. 2.5 Years

    adesso SE

    Software Engineer

    Oct 2021 — Mar 2024

    Joined one of Germany’s leading IT consultancies and became a go-to full-stack developer, taking on technical lead responsibilities within eighteen months.

    • Shipped a company-wide time-tracking platform that replaced spreadsheet chaos
    • Built a smart-city parking management system deployed across multiple districts
    • Full-stack delivery on MEAN stack and Spring Boot
    • Ran delivery in Scrum and Kanban across multiple client teams
    • Angular
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • TypeScript
    • MongoDB

  6. Fashion & E-Commerce

    All Hers Official

    Chief Technology Officer

    Dec 2022 — Dec 2023

    Built and scaled a fashion e-commerce brand from concept to operational inside Egypt’s emerging market.

    • Owned the full technology stack on Shopify
    • Directed content strategy across social platforms
    • Integrated international logistics with local fulfilment networks
    • Designed all brand visuals and video in-house
    • Shopify
    • Shopify Liquid
    • Premiere Pro
    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator

  7. E-Commerce

    Kirrvn

    Chief Information Officer

    Dec 2021 — Oct 2023

    Established the complete technical and brand foundation for a fashion label, serving as the CEO’s primary technical advisor.

    • Architected and launched the full Shopify ecosystem
    • Created a brand system that held up across every channel
    • Managed technology budgets and vendor relationships
    • Kept design costs near zero with in-house production
    • Shopify
    • Shopify Liquid
    • JavaScript
    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator

  8. Lifestyle Brand

    Avec Amxur

    Chief Information Officer

    Nov 2021 — Jul 2023

    Scaled a lifestyle brand from launch to profitability, partnering directly with the CEO on growth strategy.

    • Ran paid acquisition across Google, Meta, and TikTok above benchmark ROAS
    • Migrated the business onto a secure, scalable Shopify stack
    • Eliminated third-party design spend with in-house Adobe production
    • Turned marketing budget into measurable, attributable return
    • Shopify
    • Google Ads
    • Meta
    • TikTok
    • Illustrator

  9. Public Sector

    Heinrich-Heine-Universität

    Lead Software Engineer

    Jul 2020 — Oct 2020

    Contracted at the height of COVID-19 to deliver pandemic response infrastructure for one of Germany’s largest research universities. Requirements to production in under six weeks.

    • Built a real-time contact tracing system in Spring Boot
    • Implemented health status tracking with emergency-service access layers
    • Synchronised every entrance point over a real-time network
    • Backed the whole system with comprehensive automated testing
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • MongoDB
    • HTML
    • CSS

  10. Entertainment

    Comet Cine Center

    Lead Software Engineer

    Apr 2020 — Jul 2020

    Sole architect and developer of a full cinema management platform built on Domain-Driven Design, taken from whiteboard to production.

    • Designed the domain model connecting films, halls, and screenings
    • Handled booking workflows across simultaneous screening rooms
    • Built secure multi-role authentication and staff tooling
    • Delivered an interface the team actually wanted to use
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • MySQL
    • HTML
    • CSS

  11. Founded at 13

    Nova Game Studios

    CEO & Founder

    May 2015 — May 2019

    Founded at thirteen years old. Led a team of developers and artists to design, build, and ship a commercial game. The origin of everything that followed.

    • Shipped “Two Men Dungeon”, a local co-op action game with thousands of downloads
    • Architected the entire game in Unity and C#, optimised for performance
    • Designed and animated every character in Blender
    • Built the website, user system, and database from scratch
    • Unity
    • C#
    • Blender
    • PHP
    • MySQL

Selected work

Built, shipped, live.

Three products running in production right now — each one solving a problem I actually had, not a tutorial rebuilt with a new coat of paint.

What they say

Trust comes from delivery.

“He delivered in six weeks what a team of four engineers had failed to ship in six months. It completely changed our trajectory.”

— CEO, SaaS Startup, Germany

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Let's build something
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I take on a limited number of projects per quarter. If yours should be one of them, send a short message — I reply within 24 hours.

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  • Available from Q4 2026